School! 9 months and counting....

It has been a busy month or so! I started school a week ago today and it is a definite roller coaster ride! There is a TON on my plate. It is only 15 credit hours but they are ALL upper level courses and degree dependent. With my goal to get all A's this semester, my next few months will only get busier. I should, in fact, be writing a small paper right now and I will get to that right after I am done with this. I also have tomorrow morning/early afternoon to work on it, and it is a small paper.
Bad teacher's never help either. I'm sorry but the materials needed for class should be posted 24 hours before that class time. I got to my night class today to discover notes that were supposed to be brought to class were posted an hour before class..... I am busy all the way up until my class!! I do not have time to check online every hour for notes to bring to class!! And she is organized.... but now I'm just complaining.... ;)
I finished two sets of curtains (DEEP BREATH) and so glad that is something off my shoulders and mind. I am really disappointed because I don't see much time in my future for making tid bits to add to Etsy. :( And that is my favorite sewing to do! Not only do I enjoy doing that, but Etsy is my only source of income while I'm in school.
Next semester though I start my wedding planning program and I am PUMPED!!!! As of May, I will be starting my own personal business and CAREER!!! Hopefully an apartment in my sweet home Chicago as well!
I will maybe post pictures tomorrow of the curtains and clutches that I have here and there. I made a custom purse, contacted the girl who told me she didn't have the money and she would contact me in a week and I still haven't heard from her two weeks later. I might be posting that on Etsy....
Have a good night loves! I am too tired to think of what else to write :)
Love, Jessica of Stitches and Spools

Celebration

Hello all!
Well my busyness has slowed down and that's good. I'd like to finish my week of summer with dog walks, dates and sox games. And maybe some bonfires, marshmellows and rum runners.
All I have left to do by the 22 is hem a dress (bing bang boom... easy peasy) and curtains. Which, curtains take awhile, but when it's my only project going on, it's alright. I have a ton of clutches waiting for snaps and they will be put up in my shop! I would like to finish the lunch bag and put that up before school begins anddd finish up some dog collars. All of which though, do not NEED to be done by the 22nd.
I discovered "treasury lists" on Etsy. So I made one and wanted to talk about it. I call my list the "Inspiration Station"
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6451c2ed3e8eefb6c59b7c/inspiration-station
Things to celebrate and/or love about life and/or yourself!
1- Small bee hotel: Celebrate bees. They are a declining population which is crucial to our earth. Imagine life without flowers... and lots more! Bees are the bees knees!
2- You are Free to fly: love this about yourself. No matter who you are... i don't care WHO... you are free to fly. Change your life, go where you want to go and do what you want to do. You are in complete control and that's definitely something to love and celebrate
3- Kissing Booth- Celebrate LOVE! ;) Love is the shit. 'Nuff said!
4- Celebrate curiosity- where would ANY of us be or what would ANY of us have if someone back in the day wasn't curious about something.... Imagine if you were never curious, how would your life change? celebrate curiosity!!
5- Good Eats- celebrate good eats. Not only are some people not blessed with food while some of us have plenty. but no one can say a good meal doesn't make them feel good! Celebrate good eats!
6- Love is Freedom - "The worst prison would be a closed heart" Celebrate love... again, but this time, the love we have for everyone. The love we have for humans, trees, animals and water alike. Celebrate simple love. This kind of love is the shit too!
7- you are like no other: celebrate YOURSELF! you are simply badass! NO ONE on this planet can be replaced by another. Every single human on earth is different and you need to love your unique self!
8- Plush microbe: celebrate microbes! we don't think about them often but they help us constantly! celebrate every form of life, big and small. Every life matters.
9- I'm grumpy - celebrate your grumpy self! It takes some old to make it young and it takes some cold to know the sun it takes the one to have the other! without our grumpy moods, there would be no good moods! embrace your grumpy
10- French friends necklace: celebrate your friends. love your friends. Sometimes friends turn into family and much more
11- Transparent purple butterflies - celebrate beauty! we overlook it a lot in our day to day lives but it is everywhere and it should no longer be overlooked!
12- crafty paper cutting box: celebrate giving! Not only is the little guy making a string of hearts for you, but this would be the perfect gift box to celebrate that someone special...
13- little gentlemen onsie- celebrate kids. Seriously, kids are the shit. They are so awesome. The most innocent, curious, amazing little crazy things on earth.
14- big lebowski print set: celebrate laughter. This movie makes me roar with it!
15- little golden air balloon locket: celebrate secrets. I have a locket and I love having pictures that are dear to me close to my heart, with no one knowing what I carry inside! It's my little personal treasure!
16- celebrate organization: I love organization. I do. I'm a fanatic about it! I bought this in-touch clutch and it definitely helped me. Organization is amazing!

So again you can check out this list at:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c6451c2ed3e8eefb6c59b7c/inspiration-station

I would love to hear about some of my fellow etsy-ers and their treasuries! Have a great day guys and don't forget to celebrate life!
Love, Jessica of Stitches and Spools

in case you wanted to know what I'm busy with!

Bonjour mes amis!!
Je suis tres tres fatigue!
I cannot believe how exhausted I am right now, and with so much still left to do! I have to complete two sets of curtains, make a bag, do some hemming, make a clutch, a lunch bag and hopefully some little things to add to my shop. All of this needs to be done by August 21 and time keeps ticking!
On top of all my sewing I have decided I'm going to start adding homemade dog treats into my shop so I have been making dog treats galore and passing them out to get some ratings. :) I have been baking baking baking and sewing sewing sewing.
And on top of THAT I am making a scrapbook gift that ALSO has to be done by August 21! Whew, just thinking about it makes me tired!
I am finishing up summer school this week and then will be dog sitting for two weeks, so this is all going to be one hell of a time!
I am very very excited though, I bought some fabric yesterday and I cannot WAIT until it's shipped and in my hands!! Who knows if I'll have time to do something with it soon, but eventually that time will come to make adorable trinkets to feature in my shop!
I did put ONE new trinket up yesterday in my shop. It's a wine bottle holder with coasters. It's make out of cork fabric and I love it! I made my wine-loving mother one for her birthday as well (though for hers I still have to finish the coasters).
I'm hoping a little later today, after a LOT of sewing, I will be able to put the pictures up on flickr and that way they will pop up here, in my slide show. Until then you can visit my facebook site www.facebook.com/stitchesandspools and check out all my new products!
I should get to making a huge pot of coffee and start my sewing!! It's so strange because yesterday I started sewing but it was SO HOT! I couldn't continue because of how uncomfortably hot it was in my house (but it was nice outside?) So today it feels nice in this home (and it's gorgeous outside!) So I am going to try finish the one set of curtains, do the hemming and make the bag today. Wish me luck lovelies!!
Love, Jessica of stitches and spools